overplant

词形变化

overplanted overplanting overplants 三单 overplants overplanting 现在分词 overplanted 过去式 overplanted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).

    不及物

    With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.

  2. 2.

    To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.

    及物

    Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".

    He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.

  3. 3.

    To plant (a place) with too many plants.

    及物

    The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.

词源

From over- + plant.

来源：wiktionary